Takeda Pharmaceutical said an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for Covid-19 after months of regulatory delays TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co said on Friday an alliance of drugmakers it spearheads has enrolled its first patient in a global clinical trial of a blood plasma treatment for COVID-19 after months of regulatory delays. The phase 3 trial by the group, known as the CoVIg Plasma Alliance, aims to enroll 500 adult patients from the United States, Mexico and 16 other countries, according to a statement. Patients will be treated with Gilead Science Inc’s Remdesivir alongside the plasma treatment , which will be provided by CSL Behring, Takeda and two other companies. “We are hopeful that data from the clinical trial will be available before the end of the year,” Bill Mezzanotte, chief medical officer of CSL Behring, said in the release. The group had aimed to beg...